The school houses two separate libraries within its grounds. The Main Library is located on the first floor above the Staff Room and the Sixth Form Library is located directly opposite the ADT block, adjacent to the music rooms and within close proximity to the Sixth Form Common Room.

It is currently managed by Mrs Anna Martine, Librarian and Learning Resource Manager along with a dedicated team of parent and student volunteers.

Each library stocks a wide selection of resources for each year group and at last count our resources totalled in excess of 11,000 books.

The quick links below provide access to resources available via each of our libraries, shared resources and external reading resources.

Olave's Reading

We are pleased to be encouraging our students to read for pleasure and it has been a delight to see students from all year groups logging their reading at the "Olave's Reading" SharePoint Site since its launch.

Our initial questionnaire to students about their reading over the previous year showed that many of our students are already keen readers with parental support (thank you!), and so we are encouraging them to read a wider range of topics and genres as well as more overall.

Students can access the Olave's Reading Site, using their usual School login credentials here:

OLAVE'S READING SITE LOGIN

The "Olave's Reading" Site contains the Olavian 100 - our top 100 suggestions for fiction and other books, sorted by key stage that reflect the diversity of our students as well as a reading log for students to keep a record their reading.

Departments have provided reading suggestions that are available for students on the Olave's Reading Site. These are also published on the pertinent Subject pages of this website.

Engaging posters, library displays and book quizzes all encourage reading for pleasure and promote books with regularly updated reading suggestions.

Students’ reading logs enter them for an individual/form competition to read the most books overall by the end of June. They also show whether a student has read at least seven books by the end of June, with at least one from each of these categories: languages; humanities; English fiction and drama; science and medicine; creative arts (including music, art, design technology and engineering); and maths and computing.

We run two book club meetings per half term for each key stage, with each focusing on a book from a different category.

Future dates and books for book clubs are advertised on the Olave's Reading Site as well as through the school. 

Students do please keep your eyes open for these, and Parents - don't forget to ask your son or daughter when they are happening and what the chosen books are!